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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 211981" data-attributes="member: 23">Episodes 375-390   (...continued)<img src="https://i.vgy.me/VJUjgX.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/YYTxS4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />It’s with the introduction of Louise Keating that this story develops a substantial heart. Louise has an interesting - almost ethereal - combination of warmth and desperation. Thanks to Felicity Soper’s portrayal I find her immediately likeable (back in 1989 Felicity was already familiar to me from her role in Richmond Hill, which was airing concurrently), but there’s also something a little dark about her.There are looks between Sally and Ross, over Sally’s head or behind her back that are meaningful to them. But without knowing the meaning they could be interpreted as slightly sinister. There’s also a sense that she is very nervous and trying to impress. When, early on in their conversation, Sally emphasises she can only stay a couple of hours, there’s something akin to a look of hurt on Louise’s face, before she recovers and graciously tells Sally, “Of course”.The Keatings’ house appears to be filmed entirely on location, and it’s nice to be able to look out of the windows and see real greenery. Something that surprised me was how well these interior locations fit in between other scenes that use sets. And the most is certainly made of this new location as we see both outside and in, and move from room to room.<img src="https://i.vgy.me/0dQCXo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Mike Perjanik’s music on Home and Away is as important as any character on the series. As we spend time with the Keatings one of his most beautiful piano pieces accompanies adding depth and poignancy.<img src="https://i.vgy.me/3FlUAm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The visit is a hit, and Sally decides to stay the night. After she’s gone to bed, the Keatings chat:The Keatings are essentially an Antipodean Harry and Sheila Fisher. Ross has the connections to “obtain” a child for his wife, though his approach is heavy handed and his moral stance somewhat questionable. Louise has an emptiness in her that she feels can only be filled by having a child. We don’t yet know exactly why, but we feel the urgency which could mean the difference between happiness and giving up completely. Except happiness for Louise in this case means misery for the Fletchers.There’s a fragility to Felicity Soper’s reading of the character that makes me root for her. Just as Valene spoke to Sheila Fisher through the fence on Knots Landing, so there’s a moment in which the two women connect with one another, laying aside their rivalry to a good extent. In this case, it’s as simple as Louise knocking on the door unexpectedly.<img src="https://i.vgy.me/fuBxII.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://i.vgy.me/w7ly4F.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />In finding her character, Felicity has given a really interesting body language to Louise: something we’ve already seen in the little looks towards Ross. There’s a terrific little moment where Pippa, carrying Christopher, sits at the dining table where Louise is already seated. Louise compulsively reaches one arm out towards Christopher as though her arm is being controlled by something outside of her. Once again, this is an action that could be interpreted as slightly troubling to someone who doesn’t know Louise. Just before she makes contact she seems to stop herself, as though remembering etiquette. She awkwardly asks Pippa if she may hold Christopher -  a request that is granted.Sally arrives home and Pippa is clearly bothered by how affectionate she is towards “Auntie Louise”. The sense of quiet competition escalates as Pippa gets red flag after red flag: when Sally comments to Louise that she’ll return to see their pony soon, Pippa looks up with something between concern and fury. And when Pippa serves freshly squeezed orange juice, Sally tells her it’s bitter and suggests she should use the same oranges as Auntie Louise. Even worse, as Louise talks about a friend Sally had fallen out with, Pippa quickly realises that Sally has been sharing parts of her life with Louise that she’s unaware of and so committing mother/daughter infidelity.<img src="https://i.vgy.me/NbodQ3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Things come to a head over dinner:There’s a melodramatic underscore playing while Pippa rants, which sounds uncannily like the verse to Tom Jones's Delilah. I thought it somewhat appropriate.continued...</blockquote>

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